Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and
there are pains all over your body. You don't want to work, you stay in bed, feeling very sad.
     What makes us ill? It is germs (細(xì)菌). Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can't find
them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope. They are very small and there could be
hundreds of them on a very small thing.
     Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall
see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.
     Germs aren't found only in water. They are found in air and dust. If you cut your finger, if some of the
dust from the floor goes into the cut (割開處), some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger
would become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of
your body, and you would have pain everywhere.

1. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. If things are very small, they are germs.　　
B. If things can't be seen, they must be germs.
C. Germs are only in dirty water.　
D. Germs are everywhere around us.

2. What is a microscope used for?

A. Making very small things look much bigger.　　
B. Making very big things look much smaller.
C. Helping you read some newspapers. 　　
D. Helping you if you can't see things clearly.

3. Why don't your parents let you drink dirty water?

A. You haven't looked at it carefully.　　
B. Water can't be drunk in this way.
C. There must be lots of germs in it.　　
D. Water will make you ill.

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Germs can be found both in water and in the air.　　
B. Germs can go into your finger if it is cut.
C. If your temperature is not OK, there must be germs in your body.
D. If your finger isn't cut, there aren't any germs on it.

5. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. Germs may make us ill.
B. Germs are in dirty water.
C. Don't drink dirty water.　
D. Take care of your fingers.

     There are four seasons in a year in China. Spring comes in February. May, June and July make the
summer season. August, September and October make the autumn season. November, December and
January make the winter season. In different seasons people wear different clothes and do different things.
For example the weather is hot, so people usually wear cool clothes and do things like swimming, boating
or surfing.
     Near the North Pole (北極) there are only two seasons. They are winter and summer. In winter,
nights are long. For more than two months you can't see the sun, even at noon. In summer the days are
long. For more than two months the sun never goes down and there is no night.?
     The people living near the North Pole are called Inuit (因紐特人). In summer they live in tents and
catch deers (鹿) for food. In winter they live in small round snow houses. They can build a snow house
in two hours. They travel around by using dogs to carry their things. They make holes in the ice and
catch fish and seals (海豹). They eat much meat but not many vegetables.?

1. The two seasons near the North Pole are _____.?

A. spring and autumn
B. summer and winter?
C. rainy season and dry season
D. spring and winter

2. You can't see the sun for _____ in North Pole in a year.?

A. a season
B. a year?
C. more than two months
D. half a year

3. Autumn in China _____.?

A. is cold
B. lasts from August to October?
C. hot
D. come after spring

4. Near the North Pole _____ in summer.?

A. the days aren't long?
B. the nights are long?
C. there's no night for more than two months?
D. 24-hour days last two months

5. The people in the North Pole eat much _____.?

A. vegetables
B. meat
C. milk
D. bread

     Many children use the Intcrnet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time.
But some of thcm arc not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have
fun on the Internet.
     Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example. when you can go online, for how long
and what activities you can go online.
      Don't give your password (密碼) to anyone else, and never give out the following information-your
real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.
     Check with your parents before giving out a credit card (信用卡) number.
     Never send a photo of yourself to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it's OK.
     Check with your parents before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules
and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents will want to make sure it's a right place for you.
      Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parents' permission (允許).
Never meet anyone you met on line alone.
     Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as
strangers.
     If something you see or rcad online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or
teacher right away.
     Treat other people as you'd like to be treated. Never use bad languages.
     Remember-not everything you read on the Internet is true.

1. The writer tells children to _____.

[     ]

A. send their photos to him
B. make rules for Internet use with parents
C. believe everything they read on the Internet
D. give out their personal information

2. It's good for children to _____ on the Internet.

[     ]

A. give their password to others
B. get useful knowledge and information
C. give out a credit card number
D. go into a chat room as they'd like to

3. What shouldn't be done when you are online?

[     ]

A. Using bad languages.
B. Sending messages and e-mails.
C. Leaving the site if you feel uncomfortable.
D. Treating everyone online as strangers.

4. If your parents don't agree, never _____.

[     ]

A. read anything on the Internet
B. relax in your free time
C. have a face-to-face meeting with anyone you met online
D. treat other people as you'd like to be treated

5. The best title for this passage is "_____".

[     ]

A. How to Use Computers
B. Surfing the Internet
C. Information on the Internet
D. Internet Safety Rules

     The common cold is the world's most widespread illness. The most widespread mistake of all is that
colds are caused by cold weather. They are not. They are caused by viruses (病毒) passing on from
person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who
already has one.
     If cold weather causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them
forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers (探險者) have reported being free
from colds until coming into contact again with the outside world by way of packages and mails
dropped from airplanes. During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches,
cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds. In the Second World War prisoners
at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp, naked and starving, were extremely surprised to
find that they seldom had colds.
     At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in the experiments in which
they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking
hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about
dripping wet in drafty rooms. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until
close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was
actually dropped in his nose.
     If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent (often)
in the winter? Despite the most painstak- ing research, no one has yet found the answer. One
explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather
than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
     No one has yet found a cure for colds. There are drugs and pain sup- pressors such as aspirin,
but all they do is to relieve the symptoms (癥狀). 
1. Are the common colds caused by cold?
________________________________________________________________.
2. When may Arctic explorers catch colds?
________________________________________________________________.
3. How many kinds of people does the writer mention when explaining his idea?
________________________________________________________________.
4. Why arc the colds more frequent in the winter?
________________________________________________________________.
5. What is the key point of this passage?
________________________________________________________________.

     The world out of doors is full of secrets. There are so many secrets, and they are so interesting that
thousands of men and women, boys and girls are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals,
trees and flowers. The facts about how they live and grow are interesting.
      Do you know that one of the greatest presidents of the USA spent hours and hours studying birds?
A businessman who lived near New York City became so interesting in insects that he began to collect
them. He now has over one thousand different kinds of insects. He kept them carefully in glass boxes.
      Then, come with me, and I will help you find some of the nature's secrets. Let us go quietly through
the forests and fields. Here we shall find how a hare tells the other hares where the danger is. We shall
follow a mother bear and her young babies as they try to look for food and get ready for their long
winter sleep. We shall watch bees dancing in the air to tell the other bees where they can find food. I'll
show you many other interesting things. But please remember to use your eyes and ears carefully when
you go out of the doors. Nature tells the secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.

1. Secrets of nature are so interesting that _____ are busy studying them.

A. thousnad of men and women
B. thousands of students
C. thousands of boys and girls
D. Both A and C

2. _____ now has more than one thousand different kinds of insects and he kept them in glass boxes.

A. The president of the USA
B. A president of the USA
C. A businessman near New York City
D. A businessman near Washington

3. When bees dance in the air, they can tell the other bees _____.

A. where the danger is
B. where their home is
C. where the food is
D. where they can sleep

4. From the passage we can know that _____ usually sleep during the long winter.

A. hares
B. bees
C. bears
D. snakes

5. People can get to know the secrets of nature _____.

A. by going throught the forests and fields
B. by collecting many kinds of insects.
C. by being interesting in them
D. by looking and listening carefully out of doors.

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     What do you know about a robot? Robots are machines that can be made to do certain things. They
are in all shapes. For example, puppy (a young dog) robots    1    like real ones. They jump and bark (吠).
Robots can do many    2    people can't do. Robots can go where people can't go and bring back important
information. In 1997, scientists sent a robot to Mars. It    3    pictures of rocks and soil, which helped
scientists understand    4    0ur own planet works. Scientists even used a robot to make a    5    of a
volcano. So robots are very    6    machines. They play a very important    7    in our life. They help people
understand the world we live in.
1._____ 2._____ 3._____ 4._____ 5._____ 6._____ 7._____